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In many ways, you have to admire Rafa Benitez – even if his on-screen confidence is close to becoming both preposterous and absurd. He just will not budge. And should the downward spiral continue, you could yet find the Spaniard waving nonchalantly as [...]

Only a man/woman with a smouldering rock where their heart should be wouldn’t feel a little bit sorry for Rafa Benitez at the moment. The man is having possibly the worst bout of January Blues of all time.

Man City have proved pretty hard to beat this season, but a hunch suggests that the men in robes funding the whole thing were mainly after wins, not draws. After the mid-week Spurs humiliation, the whispers on the street are being drowned out by [...]

Andrea Pirlo to Chelsea It’s inevitable that Carlo Ancelotti will bring some Milanese talent to West London with him, and The Telegraph believe his first choice is girly-named midfielder Andrea Pirlo. AC will apparently accept no less than [...]

Roman Pavlyuchenko back to Spartak Moscow Pavlyuchenko insists he is happy at Spurs, but in light of the fact that Tottenham have been linked to every player under the sun for the past few months, rumours that he no [...]